House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 129
House vote house-114-2-129
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Voting on a resolution
Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Date: 3/17/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 3/17/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
129
Record identifier
house-114-2-129
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What this vote does
On Agreeing to the Resolution Authorizing the Speaker to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the House of Representatives in the matter of United States, et al. v. Texas, et al., No. 15-674 No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Passed.
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Result
Official result: Passed
Required threshold (best-effort)
Simple majority (of those voting)
Note: This is a best-effort interpretation based on the vote question text.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 420).
Vote breakdown
Yea
234 members
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Nay
186 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
14 members
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Total recorded votes: 434
Not Voting list
14 members
Karen Bass
Democrat · CA-37
Vote: Not Voting
Vern Buchanan
Republican · FL-16
Vote: Not Voting
Jason Chaffetz
Republican · UT-3
Vote: Not Voting
Barbara Comstock
Republican · VA-10
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Lois Frankel
Democratic · FL-22
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Graves
Republican · MO-6
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Jordan
Republican · OH-4
Vote: Not Voting
Ann Kirkpatrick
Democrat · AZ-1
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Steve Scalise
Republican · LA-1
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 3/17/2016Roll call: house-114-2-129